| "Be My Baby" memoirist Spector |
RONNIE |
| "For My Broken Heart" singer McEntire |
REBA |
| "I hate it" |
UGH |
| "Let Me Love You" R&B singer |
NEYO |
| "On the other hand ... " |
BUT |
| "Strange to say ... " |
ODDLY |
| 12-Down and 50-Down, maybe |
HOTTEAS |
| Actor/director Ken |
OLIN |
| Actress Russo |
RENE |
| Actress Thompson |
EMMA |
| Actress Ward |
SELA |
| Agenda |
PLAN |
| Apex predators of the ocean |
ORCAS |
| Aromatic Indian export |
ASSAM |
| Aromatic Sri Lankan exports |
PEKOES |
| Ascend |
GOUP |
| Backs (out) |
OPTS |
| Ball-shaped |
SPHERIC |
| Bamako's country |
MALI |
| Bistro VIP |
MAITRED |
| Bits |
IOTAS |
| Blob's lack |
FORM |
| Blue Pac-Man ghost |
INKY |
| Brief "If you ask me" |
IMO |
| Busy place |
HIVE |
| Butters up, perhaps |
GREASES |
| Buzz |
RUMOR |
| Bygone Swedish car company |
SAAB |
| Can opener |
TAB |
| Catherine's "Schitt's Creek" role |
MOIRA |
| Chat with online |
EMAIL |
| Chatted with online, for short |
IMED |
| Co-star of Nimoy and Shatner |
TAKEI |
| Combustible pile |
PYRE |
| Command to a guard dog |
SICEM |
| Costa __ |
RICA |
| Credit __: Zurich bank |
SUISSE |
| Cut (off) |
LOP |
| Cyclops feature |
ONEEYE |
| Derek's ex-wife on "Grey's Anatomy" |
ADDISON |
| Did too much heavy lifting? |
OVERSCHLEPPED |
| Difficult |
HARD |
| Director Reitman and tennis great Lendl |
IVANS |
| Does the job perfectly |
ACESIT |
| Dormitory annoyance |
SNORER |
| Elevator name |
OTIS |
| Equal |
ARE |
| Exacta or trifecta |
BET |
| Fairy tale brute |
OGRE |
| Fashion letters |
DKNY |
| Feels like |
WANTSTO |
| Fine |
CHOICE |
| Flow back |
RECEDE |
| Food Network production featuring a chef's work surface? |
COUNTERSHOOT |
| Fred of "Schmigadoon!" |
ARMISEN |
| Frozen fries maker |
OREIDA |
| Full-time employee at a corn processing plant? |
ALLDAYSHUCKER |
| Garden center bagful |
SOIL |
| Genre for some Tokyo-based bands |
JPOP |
| Golf bag item |
TEE |
| Had to have |
NEEDED |
| Hasty escape |
LAM |
| Heat unit |
THERM |
| Hit the spot |
SATISFY |
| Hornswoggled |
HAD |
| Howard or Alcorn, for short |
HBCU |
| Hustle genre |
DISCO |
| Icy coating |
HOAR |
| Iditarod driver |
MUSHER |
| Implied |
TACIT |
| In shape |
TONED |
| Iris layer |
UVEA |
